Package-tie.



I. E. WARMAN.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16. 1915.

Patented June 20, 1916.

Swim too 'rHlz COLUMBIA PLANUGRAPH 110.. WASHINGTON. D- c- I It JOHN E.WARMAN, OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

PACKAGE-TIE.

1l,ll88,026.

Application filed June 16, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. XVARMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Riverside, in the county of Riverside and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPackage- Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention is an improved package tie to enable a package to befastened by a string without the necessity of tying a knot in the stringand also enabling a string to be used a number of times, the object ofthe invention being to provide an improved device of this characterwhich is extremely cheap and simple and by means of which a,

package may be readily fastened.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangementof devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of apackage tie, constructed in accordance with my invention, showing thesame in use, in connection with a string, on a package. Fig. 2 is adetail perspective View on a larger scale, of the tie. Fig. is an endelevation of the 0 same. Fig. 4: is a plan of the tie before it is bent.Fig. 5 1s a longitudinal sectional view of the tie, showing the stringin locked position.

My improved package tie 1 is made of an oblong rectangular piece ofsheet metal or other similar material, of suitable size and is providedin opposite sides, near its opposite ends with slots 2-3 which arepreferably at an angle of about 45 with reference to the sides of thedevice. The plate is bent longitudinally in the center, at 4: so thatthe tie is formed with sides and with a longitudinal passage 4 betweenthem extending from end to end of the tie and open at one side thereof.

In the use of my improved tie, a string "Hopiea of thfla patent may beobtained. for five cent Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20',

Serial No. 34,433. i

6 is first passed in opposite directions around a package and crossed at7 and its end portions are then passed transversely around the package.The tie is then placed on one side of the package, preferably at or nearthe center, The ends 8 and 9 of the string 6 are tllil passed throughthe longitudinal passage 43, the end 8 after passing through thelongitudinalpassage 4 is passed through the diagonal slot 3, extendedover the end of the tie and then back through the longitudinal passageand is finally passed through the diagonal slot 3, the other end 9 afterpassing through the longitudinal passage 4 is drawn tight and is passedthrough the diagonal slot 2 and extends over the end of the tie and backthrough the longitudinal passage P and finally through the diagonal slot2 so that the string is securely locked. By grasping the ends of thestring and removing them from the slots the package can be readilyreleased. The string and the tie can be used indefinitely a number oftimes and on various packages.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1.,A package tie of theclass describedcomprising a bent plate formed with a pair of sides andwith a longitudinal passage between the sides, extending from end to endof the plate and also to one side thereof, the walls 01' sides of theplate being provided with slots near opposite ends.

2. A package tie of the class described comprising a bent plate formedwith a pair of sides and with a longitudinal passage between the sides,extending from end to end of the plate and also to one side thereof, thewalls or sides of the plate being provided with inclined slots nearopposite ends.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN E. WARMAN.

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